MEMS is proud to have been asked to host the national Fifteenth Century Conference in 2026. The local organisers will be two of the Centre’s … Read more

We are immensely proud of Emma Rose Kraus’ latest publication on early modern rope dancing. Edited by Amrita Sen and Jennifer Linhart Wood, Early Modern Performance … Read more

Are you interested in exploring the world of pre-modern Europe at graduate level? If so, the University of Kent’s Centre for Medieval and Early Modern … Read more

The Bibliographical Society, founded in 1892, is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history. The 2025 Gold Medal … Read more

We started the year of events with Kent & Canterbury History and Heritage’s Michael Nightingale Memorial Lecture to which the Lord Mayor of Canterbury Cllr Keji … Read more

We are delighted to share the fantastic news that two outstanding students, Irene Lopez Huicochea and Elizabeth Gilbody, have been awarded prestigious scholarships to pursue … Read more

The Centre for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (MEMS) at the University of Kent is proud to celebrate the outstanding range of publications and grant … Read more

Clara Chamberlain, PhD student at UEA, reports on the latest outing of Bookscapes, a set of workshops funded by UEA, with MEMS as the lead … Read more

Many congratulations to Dr Edward Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Early Medieval History, and Dr Sarah Dustagheer, Reader in Early Modern Literature. who have been awarded … Read more

Next week, several members of the MEMS community will travel to Leeds for the annual International Medieval Congress. If you’re attending the conference, come along … Read more